Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Merom Station (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Merom Station. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Merom Station ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Merom Station: Merom Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Merom Station is located in Sullivan County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sullivan County: Clark (IL), Crawford (IL), Clay, Greene, Knox & Vigo.
Below are the counties that are near Merom Station. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merom Station:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Merom Station)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Merom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Graysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Paxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Scott City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Scott City is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scott City
- Shelburn
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jericho
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Jericho is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericho
- Scotchtown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Scotchtown is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchtown
- Fairbanks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fairbanks is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Dugger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Coalmont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Coalmont is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalmont
- Howesville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Howesville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howesville
- Clay City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cory is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cory
- Eel River
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eel River is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eel River
- Davies's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Elnora
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Elnora is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elnora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 676 people
- Plainville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plainville is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
- Capehart
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Capehart is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capehart
- Graham
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Graham is located in Davies's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Greene County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- White Rose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- White Rose is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rose
- Gilmour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gilmour is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmour
- Hoosier
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hoosier is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoosier
- Midland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Midland is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Linton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jasonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Island City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Island City is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Lyons
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Switz City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Newberry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Newberry is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newberry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 186 people
- Elliston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Elliston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elliston
- Plummer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Knox County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Oaktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Busseron
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Busseron is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busseron
- Freelandville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Freelandville is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freelandville
- Bruceville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Westphalia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bicknell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edwardsport is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 298 people
- Sandborn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sandborn is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandborn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
- Ragsdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ragsdale is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragsdale
- Fritchton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Fritchton is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritchton
- Vincennes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Verne
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Verne is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
- Owen County
- Coal City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coal City is located in Owen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
- Vigo County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Prairie Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Prairie Creek is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Creek
- Vigo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vigo is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigo
- Lewis
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lewis is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Pimento
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pimento is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pimento
- Prairieton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Prairieton is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairieton
- Youngstown
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Youngstown is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngstown
- Riley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Riley is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 217 people
- Toad Hop
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Toad Hop is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toad Hop
- Taylorville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Taylorville is located in Vigo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
- Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- West Terre Haute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clark County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- York
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- York is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- West Union
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Snyder
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Snyder is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snyder
- Melrose
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Melrose is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Hogue Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hogue Town is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogue Town
- Livingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Livingston is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
- Marshall
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Weaver
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Weaver is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Clark Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Center is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Center
- Oak Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Point is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
- Martinsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Dennison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Dennison is located in Clark County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennison
- Crawford County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Hutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Heathsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
- Duncanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Robinson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- West York
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New Hebron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- New Hebron is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hebron
- Oil Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oil Grove is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Grove
- Villas
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Villas is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villas
- Cumberland County (IL)
- Hazel Dell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hazel Dell is located in Cumberland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Dell
- Jasper County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Hunt City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hunt City is located in Jasper County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt City
- Willow Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Sainte Marie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lawrence County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Russellville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Birds
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lawrenceville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Billett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Billett is located in Lawrence County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billett
- Sumner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Francisville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Richland County (IL)
- Amity
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Amity is located in Richland County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merom Station, see our County-by-County Page for Merom Station.
Cemeteries Near Merom Station ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merom Station.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Merom Station - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merom Station covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Old French Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Massey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hollenback Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bennett Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Merom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merom Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Merom Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Merom.
- Webb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Burnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Kitchell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Green Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Milam Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (372 more) ...
- Parson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Burton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- East Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Merom Station in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merom Station.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merom Station, with the one closest to Merom Station listed first.
- Riverton
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Riverton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
- Merom
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Lebanon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Palestine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Richwoods
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Richwoods is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwoods
- Graysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Graysville is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Gordon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Morea
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Morea is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morea
- Carlisle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Paxton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Paxton is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton
- Sullivan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hutsonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Trimble
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Trimble is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Duncanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Duncanville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
- Heathsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heathsville is located in Crawford County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heathsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merom Station. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merom Station.
Newspapers Published in Merom Station ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merom Station.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merom Station, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merom Station.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Merom Station:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clay County
- Davies's County
- Greene County
- Knox County
- Owen County
- Vigo County
- Clark County
- Crawford County
- Cumberland County
- Jasper County
- Lawrence County
- Richland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Merom Station) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Merom Station, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |